Did Galileo Pray?

When he looked Into a starry sky upon Jupiter, With it's cold moons Making their weary rounds.

Did he know that the Pope Would claim that he ran with Lucifer And a prison cell Would be where hed lay his head down?

Was he wearing a thorny crown? When he plotted the motion of planets, Was Mercury in retrograde? But he found the truth when a lie was what was demanded. When the judges asked him pointedly He was a' trembling that day.

And he said, "Tell Ptolemy, tell Copernicus, That the Sun is at the core of us The Church, the Pope Cant deny the Milky Way

And every flower that follows the sun, Has known all along What God had doneThey whisper truth As the seasons each give way.

Dont shoot the messenger, The postman delivers Truth today. And Truth will march in Birmingham It will block the tanks in Tiananmen. Put the judges on the witness stand Lets see what they all say.

Chorus

In the heavens you'll see it As God has conceived it. Oh, believe it. Oh, what have you got to do to believe?

Dont shoot the messenger, When the postman brings you truth today. Because truth will march in Birmingham It will block the tanks in Tiananmen Put the judges on the witness stand, Let's see what they all say.